diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index 966d6fdcf4272acddb6b96b525be5007d247809f..8f165b112e03a285899655984491b000f0020e17 100644
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -1888,10 +1888,8 @@ void of_alias_scan(void * (*dt_alloc)(u64 size, u64 align))
 			name = of_get_property(of_chosen, "linux,stdout-path", NULL);
 		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC) && !name)
 			name = of_get_property(of_aliases, "stdout", NULL);
-		if (name) {
+		if (name)
 			of_stdout = of_find_node_opts_by_path(name, &of_stdout_options);
-			add_preferred_console("stdout-path", 0, NULL);
-		}
 	}
 
 	if (!of_aliases)